Story+2009-10-25+St.+Louis,+MO

“Good evening, St. Louis (crowd cheers)…”
 * 25.10.09 St. Louis, MO, intro to “Wrecking Ball”**

“Good evening, St. Louis (crowd cheers) how we doing out there tonight? (crowd cheers) that’s good, you look good, you look good, you look good (chuckles) you look good, oh yes, very lovely (chuckles) hello, hello, hello, hello, that’s right…the mighty E Street Band has once again come to St. Louis (crowd cheers) hello, darling, you’re fabulous, yes…and we’re here tonight – as we’re here every night – to fulfil our solemn vow…to rock the house! (crowd cheers) but we’ve come to St. Louis just not to rock the house, we’ve come ‘cause night after night after night we wanna build a house, we wanna build a house out of happiness, out of joy, out of faith, out of little St. Louis soul, we wanna build a house out of music and out of spirit and out of noise…and now the mighty E Street Band is here tonight and we’re gonna do our best to call down the power of the music on you (crowd cheers) but, St. Louis, we…need…you…to…bring…the…noise! (crowd cheers) come on, let them hear you in Jersey (crowd cheers) so sing it like you mean it …”
 * 25.10.09 St. Louis, MO, intro to “Working on a Dream”**

“Thank you, thanks for coming out to the show tonight (crowd cheers) as we’ve headed down towards the end of our tour here, we’ve, uh…we’ve been, uh…trying to think of something special we could do for the fans and, uh…so this was a record that, uh…this was, I guess, maybe our most important record for us (crowd cheers) back in, uh, back when we started, you signed a record contract and you got to put out three albums – we put two out, they didn’t do very well and so, uh…we were left with this and we kind of had all the cards running on at that time and this is the record, I guess, where we met a lot of you folks that are still here tonight (crowd cheers) so we’re glad to see old-timers still with us and it’s nice to see a lot of you young new faces out there (crowd cheers) this was a young man’s record, a young person’s record… tonight for you we have…”
 * 25.10.09 St. Louis, MO, intro to “Thunder Road”**

“Thank you (crowd cheers) these are the guys that made the record (crowd cheers) and Phantom Dan Federici (crowd cheers)…”
 * 25.10.09 St. Louis, MO, after “Jungleland”**

“(A kid sings “I’m waitin’, waitin’ on a sunny day, come on, gonna change the clouds away, come on, waitin’ on a sunny day – hit it, C! (crowd cheers) waitin’ on a sunny day, come on, gonna change the clouds away, come on, waitin’ on a sunny day…take it, Big Man!)…(during Clarence’s solo, Bruce goes “Come on!” a few times) … (…) Let’s hear it for my, for my vocalist…guest vocalist…”come on” …I like that part, gonna keep that part, “come on”…well done, well done…well done (crowd cheers)…alright, “Working on the Highway” …”
 * 25.10.09 St. Louis, MO, middle of “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day”**

“[A sign requesting that Bruce play the piano]…Thank you very much (crowd cheers) that’s a very broad request so, uh…an elegantly-made sign, I say, very elegantly-made…somebody went to the stationary store and…did themselves proud – alright, here’s something…come on, boys…alright…(?)…that don’t look like all of them, my man…that’s about half of it…I should know the other half, I suppose (chuckles) that’s only half…oh, the other half is on the other side (laughs from the crowd) wow…alright, let me see what I can do here…yeah…that’s pretty good…alright, I haven’t done this in a while so see if I remember how to play…”For You”…oh, number one, how do I get this one up here?...no, it’s not on…any, any suggestions from the boys down below? (laughs from the crowd) (tries out the keys) there it is (crowd cheers) this is, this is, this is an evolved request, I’m sorry (laughs from the crowd) haven’t been doing much of this…”
 * 25.10.09 St. Louis, MO, intro to “For You”**

“Bring it down, boys…oh, that’s right…alright, we always get a request for a Chuck Berry song when we come to St. Louis (crowd cheers) and what I like about this man is he’s prepared: he has the lyrics written already on the back of this card (crowd cheers) give me a guitar, Jim…let’s see what key we’re gonna be in here…key, hold on, boys…(sings to himself trying out keys)…(?) oh yeah, we’re gonna keep running on it, boys, alright, it’s gonna be “one, two, three, I’m gonna – boom!” alright?...this is the way it’s done on E Street…”
 * 25.10.09 St. Louis, MO, intro to “Roll over Beethoven”**

“Yes, you can play those all night long, that’s right (crowd cheers) and maybe we will (crowd cheers) oh, in the heat of the day (chuckles) don’t stop me, Brother, don’t stop me…(chuckles)…we got a birthday, we got a birthday request here, come on, Kevin, give me a guitar for this thing…(?) wait a minute…alright, fifteen… turn this thing on…and it will play (strums guitar) oh, there it is!... alright, sweet fifteen…here we go…”
 * 25.10.09 St. Louis, MO, intro to “Surprise, Surprise” (following “Roll over Beethoven”)**

“Thank you, St. Louis, for coming out to the show tonight! (crowd cheers)… (…) Little Steven (crowd cheers) Curt Ramm, Curtis King (crowd cheers) Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano and Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) one of the greatest guitarists in the world, Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) saxophonist…sexophonist…author…he’s bigger than Shakespeare…the biggest man you’ve ever seen, Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) St. Louis! (crowd cheers) St. Louis! (crowd cheers) St. Louis! (crowd cheers) St. Louis! (crowd cheers) St. Louis! (crowd cheers) St. Louis! (crowd cheers) St. Louis! (crowd cheers) St. Louis! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, earth-shocking, hard-rocking, booty-shaking, earth-quaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)(crowd cheers)...”
 * 25.10.09 St. Louis, MO, intro to “American Land”**

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//